Archive for the 'World Wind' Category

14
Mar

25 New World Wind Add-ons from Maplecroft

Yesterday my colleague and I scripted, created and published the remaining NASA World Wind files for the Maplecroft Global Map Series. These maps will be updated as often as needed and are a great resource for various target groups, namely researchers, educational institutes and businesses.

Screenshot of global map of hunger

The following maps can now be downloaded in World Wind format:

* Global map of carbon resources
* Global map of child labour
* Global map of child rights risk
* Global map of climate change
* Global map of corruption transparency
* Global map of digital inclusion
* Global map of displacement
* Global map of education
* Global map of financial inclusion
* Global map of financial market risk
* Global map of fiscal risk
* Global map of geological disasters
* Global map of growth competitiveness
* Global map of health and safety
* Global map of hunger
* Global map of hydro-meteorological disasters
* Global map of landmine risk
* Global map of malaria
* Global map of military expenditure
* Global map of natural disasters economic losses
* Global map of political risk
* Global map of poverty
* Global map of renewable energy use
* Global map of tuberculosis
* Global map of water

The add-ons can be downloaded from:
http://maps.maplecroft.com/mapdata.

By clicking on the legend a browser window can be opened which explains how the index was composed, which data was used and how the information should be interpreted.

08
Mar

Maplecroft Global Maps in World Wind format

Spent most of today publishing ten Maplecroft Global Maps in NASA World Wind format. Maplecroft Global Maps analyses a wide range of environmental, social, economic and political issues that impact on society and the goals of business. This is one of the first steps we are taking in making our data more interoperable. We (Maplecroft) have already published all of our global maps in Google Earth kml format at the end of 2006.
Avian influenza risk map in World Wind